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News

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2026
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Human Origins and Anthropology}

People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence.

Video

Tell-Tale Signs of Bogus Science about the Origin of Life

Stephen Meyer vs Phil Halper: The Big Bang & Fine Tuning – Evidence for God?: Stephen C. Meyer; May 4, 2026; Intelligent Design

Jay Richards is integral in delivering the message of The Story of Everything: Editor; May 1, 2026; Intelligent Design

A Scientist Says the Universe Was Designed… Here’s His Evidence: Stephen C. Meyer; April 28, 2026; Intelligent Design

Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander Describes Finding God on Scientific Grounds: Andrew McDiarmid; April 27, 2026; Intelligent Design

ID the Future

The Story of a Self-Taught Maverick Scientist

_{Forrest M. Mims III
May 22, 2026
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Curiosity can lead to unexpected adventures. For self-taught scientist Forrest Mims, it inspired a successful career in science and technology that continues to this day. On this classic ID The Future out of the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an exclusive excerpt from Mims’s memoir Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist.

Rebutting Multiverses, Meta Laws, and Other Materialist Answers to Fine-Tuning

_{Peter S Williams
May 20, 2026
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If a friend, family member, or colleague lodges an objection to the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design, are you ready to respond? On this installment of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his two-part conversation with philosopher and intelligent design scholar Peter S. Williams. Williams reviews the most common objections to the fine-tuning arguments for intelligent design and explains why each proposal falls short scientifically, logically, and philosophically. Who knew there were over 20 objections to fine-tuning? Even host McDiarmid admits he didn’t know about all of them! The more well-versed you are in responding to objections, the better you’ll be able to stand your ground and offer substantive arguments when you hear them pop up. In Part 1, Williams and McDiarmid reviewing two groups of objections: the “fine-tuning isn’t real” set and the “fine-tuning is real but no big deal” group. Today, Williams unpacks several objections related to the multiverse and shows why each one fails to adequately explain the fine-tuning evidence. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.

Defending Fine-Tuning: How to Respond to Common Objections

_{Peter S Williams
May 18, 2026
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By now, you may be familiar with the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design. Scientists have discovered a whole suite of parameters and initial conditions appear to be exquisitely tuned to allow for complex life to exist, and the argument is that intelligent design better explains that evidence than chance or necessity. But you may not know the most common objections to the fine-tuning argument, or how to respond to them. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes philosopher and intelligent design scholar Peter S. Williams to the show to equip us to answer the most common objections to the fine-tuning argument. Objections to fine-tuning typically fall into three categories: the “fine-tuning isn’t real” bunch, the “fine-tuning is no big deal” group, and objections that posit a type of multiverse proposal. Over two episodes, Peter teaches us how to respond to almost 20 objections! So buckle up! This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation!

Events

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Endowed By Our Creator: A Conversation with John West

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Smith Tower
Seattle, WA
Citizen Leadership}

Join Discovery Institute for a special evening with Senior Fellow, Managing Director, and Vice President John G. West as he presents his latest book, Endowed by Our Creator: The Bible, Science, & the Battle for America’s Soul. Held at Smith Tower, this timely discussion comes as our nation approaches its 250th birthday, offering a compelling opportunity to reflect on the ideas that shaped America’s founding.

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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Colorado
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Intelligent Design}

The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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Intelligent Design}

The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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News

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks (2000)

Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

“No Functional Reason” for Genomic Arrangements?

Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Video

Stephen Meyer vs Phil Halper: The Big Bang & Fine Tuning – Evidence for God?

Jay Richards is integral in delivering the message of The Story of Everything

A Scientist Says the Universe Was Designed… Here’s His Evidence

Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander Describes Finding God on Scientific Grounds